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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Top 10 Hollywood movies of 2012

2012 saw hordes of movies releasing and experimenting with
different genres; only a few were appreciated by critics and cherished by
audiences alike. This list below comprises of top Hollywood movies which are
orchestrated on the basis of merit. These movies are hand-picked by me and are
my eminent contenders for bagging utmost honors at the 85th Academy Awards
and various other award fetes.

10) The Dark
Knight Rises

Last of Nolan’s Batman trilogy was the most anticipated
release of the year. It was certain that
it will be compared with ‘The Dark
Knight’ which gave a new meaning to Super-hero -Genus movies and it was;
TDKR did prove to be an apt end for this brilliant-franchise. Bane a new
villain emerges in Gotham taking the whole city under his dictatorship. Our
mask-crusader has to settle some old scores and control the growing menace o f
this new terror.

Box-Office :2nd highest grossing movie of 2012 and 7thhighest grossing movie of all time

Based on : Batman by Bob Kane

9) The Hunger Games

Finally a series which is not babyish like ‘Harry Potter’ or lame like ‘Twilight’ but a refreshing one with
thrills and frills. One of the earlier films to get noticed this year was
‘Hunger Games’. A competition in which a boy and girl from 12 districts are
selected and are required to slaughter each other with the winner gaining fame
and much-required wealth. The movie
details about participants as their fight for survival and emotions forming the
crux.

Plusses :
Detailed Characterization, Direction and Performance of lead actors

Box-Office : 9thhighest
grossing movie of 2012 as it earned Ten times its budget

Based on : The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

8) Wreck-It Ralph

This was undoubtedly the best animation that Hollywood
produced this year. An anti-hero tries to gain much needed respect from other
characters in a game but things turn upside down. Different task is completed
by him affecting other characters and helping this movie culminate with a decent
climax.

Truly one of the best action movies to be released in
this decade with a passable plot. A Special Police Squad try to wipe-out
criminals and their mob boss who are lodging in a building and are watched by
close circuit cameras. Members of the squad are killed and now it comes to one
man to take the responsibility of mission and guide remaining cops out.
Superbly orchestrated fight sequence will keep you glue to this one.

Box-Office : Grossed Four times its production value from United
States and Canada.

Blockbuster in Indonesia.

Final fight scene

6)Silver Linings Playbook

A strong contender in Oscar race for Best Motion Picture
– Musical or Comedy is this David O. Russell masterpiece. David O. Russell made
characters by giving them blood and flesh only to be gleamed by Bradley Cooper
and Jennifer Lawrence providing soul in their portrayal. The movie revolves
around a high-school educator moving back to his father from a spell in mental
organization and trying to square things with his wife. He meets a widow with
whom a chord strikes only to realize that she herself is in a tricky situation.

Plusses
: Direction and Performance from lead

Minuses :
Clichés, Plot-(wherein everyone has problems and has a mask of smile above
dermis) and Predictable Climax

Sam Mendes did a fine job as the man-in-charge for this
Bond movie and was acclaimed by all. Cyber-terrorism is used by antagonist (Raoul
Silva) to attack MI6 and kill ‘M’
which Bond has to stop. Furthermore Bond’s allegiance towards ‘M’ and MI6 are
put to test.

Box-Office : Highest grossing movie of all
time in U.K and 3rdhighest grossing movie of 2012

Based on : James Bond by Ian Fleming

4) End
of Watch

This is one movie
which deserves a mention because the manner in which the director and actors have
treated and crafted this flick. It’s a tale about two LAPD officers as partners
doing their job but is marked by a lobby for confiscating their stuff;
friendship and loss is the message embedded over here.

Ben Affleck proved his worth as director in movies like ‘Gone Baby Gone’ and ‘The Town’. ‘Argo’ cements his position as one of the best narrators of 2012 cine-world.
This movie is about a mission carried by CIA to rescue hostages of US Embassy
from Iran. It provides a detailed view of the situation back then and is
successful in keeping viewers engage in anticipation of characters next move.

Plusses :
Ben Affleck, Direction and Suspense

Minuses :
More characters in script to develop

Genre : Thriller

Director :
Ben Affleck

Cast : Ben Affleck, Bryan
Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman

Screenplay : Chris Terrio

Cinematography : Rodrigo
Prieto

Editor : William Golderberg

MusicDirector : Alexandre
Desplat

Producers :
Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George
Clooney

Studios: GK Films andSmokehouse Pictures

Distributor : Warner Bros.

Country
: United States

ReleaseDate : October 12, 2012(United States)

Runtime : 120 minutes

Box-Office : Earned four times its
production cost

Basedon : The Master of Disguise by Antonio J. Mendez & The Great Escape by
Joshuah Bearma

2) Moonrise
Kingdom

Nostalgia is an element that has certain risk if one
experiments it in a commercial movie but Wes Anderson demonstrates an odd story
that will recall your childhood only to be adored. It’s an unusual tale told
with tenderness and succeeds in winning ones heart with its true virtue. Two
kids in true sense elope and find a out-of-the-way inlet naming it ‘Moonrise Kingdom’. Afterseveral incidents these youngsters are united and their reverie of staying
in atoll is fruitful.

My vote for the supreme movie this year goes to the
multi-superhero-quest ‘The Avengers’. It
not only wins in keeping action intact but also stitches in emotions at
required doses keeping you feel for the superheroes pain. All the Heroes are given equal time and
importance which is executed superbly by the movies editors. In all sense a
fine-no-actually-premium-of-all-movies which released this year; ‘The Avengers’ talks about Earths
invasion. Extraterrestrial race ‘Chitauri’ tries to invade Earth and now
S.H.I.E.L.D assembles Avengers to
defend humans and their planet.

Box-Office :Highest grossing movie of 2012
and 3rd highest grossing movie of all time

Basedon : The Avengers by Stan Lee &
Jack Kirby

Other Top-movies not in list-

Life of Pi

Ang Lee has done some wonderful work in the past
receiving praise around the globe. He has not disappointed this time with this
story of a 16-year old and a tiger made with help of CGI. It’s nothing but a
narration of an adventurous expedition where the protagonist finds himself in
middle of sea with a carnivore and has to feed the latter to be alive.

What are the chances of your movie getting accepted which has a
narrative from a manuscript which you authored? Well this one was well accepted
by critics and audience’s equally .This is a pubescent-coming-of-age movie
which discusses story of three friends.
A reserved guy walks in a high school and has companionship of two
seniors and sets off in a journey where this troika fathoms by life unraveling before
them as they visit their past and succumb to life’s desires.

Entry of an Adult-Comedy was an unforeseen act in this
list but we need to give to Seth MacFarlane for pulling this off. It was somewhat a risk to tell story of bromance between John and his talking
Teddy bear. This movie talks about the litmus test between John and his
girlfriend Lori as his comradeship with Ted takes a toll.

Daniel Radcliffe knew that he had to move from his wizard-school-boy
avatar to be part of the big-cinematic-universe by experimenting with different
genres. Though he was unsuccessful in breaking the mould by portraying role of an
impecunious lawyer it was the thrills and frills in this horror flick that kept
one absorbed. It is a fiction relating to a ghost panicking a whole rural
settlement and its assignation with the lawyer.

Time travel is still a concept that can churn out some
good movies is proven by Rian Johnson as chieftain of this show. It displays
2074 with time-travel being proscribed by authority but still being used by mob
syndicatesto
assassinate their targets by sending ‘loopers’. The flick gives a detailed analysis
about loopers and their working enveloped in good-mature-fashioned action scenes
accelerating the movie to progress.

Plusses
: Action and Climax

Minuses :
Plot-Telekinesis never works since one is already occupied
with time travel